The University at Albany and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Fall 1999

Earth Sciences Joint Colloquium Series

Wednesdays [with exceptions noted] -- 4:00pm

Albany: Earth Science Bldg. Room 232 [map and directions] - Rensselaer: new location SC 3W13[map and directions]



Next seminar September OctoberNovember/December
 
Date
Location
Speaker
Title
September 8 RPI Dr. John Delano
University at Albany
Composition of the Earth's atmosphere through time: Implications for the origin of life
September 15 Albany Dr. Tim Kusky 
Boston University
Geodynamics of the southern Alaska convergent margin: accretion history, ridge subduction, coastwise strike-slip, and implications for continental growth
September 22 RPI Dr. Bill Holt
SUNY Stony Brook
Some Ideas About Seismic Hazards and Crustal Dynamics in the Western United States
September 29 Albany Dr. Eugene Rozanov 
University of Illinois 
3-D simulations of the atmospheric dynamics and photochemistry changes caused by products of the Pinatubo volcanic eruption
October 6 RPI Dr. Geoff Abers
Boston University
Seismic evidence for metamorphism deep within subducting slabs
October 13
Albany
Dr. Michael Rampino 
New York University
Did a comet kill the dinosaurs?
October 20 RPI Dr. Jon Price
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Fluorine and Felsic Magmas: The Story Within the Mineral Assemblage and Texture of the Mount Scott Granite, Oklahoma 
November 3 RPI Dr. Terry Plank
Boston University
Sediment Recycling at the Subduction Factory and Consequences for the Continents
November 10 Albany Dr. Richard Naslund 
SUNY Binghamton
Origin of magnetite lavas at El Laco, Chile
November 17 RPI Dr. Bryan Isacks
Cornell University
Radar Illuminates Enigmas of Western Andean Tectonics

Rensselaer: new location SC 3W13

Albany: Earth Science Bldg. Room 232 - Refreshments served immediately following each lecture.

Union College Seminar Series
 

Past series: Fall 1997Spring 1998 Fall 1998Spring 1999

Albany Geological Sciences Program